economizer

[ ih-kon-uh-mahy-zer ]

/ ɪˈkɒn əˌmaɪ zər /

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noun

a person who economizes.

(in a boiler) a device for warming feed water with gases entering the chimney or stack.

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Origin of economizer

First recorded in 1830–40; economize + -er¹

Words nearby economizer

economic zone, economism, economist, economistic, economize, economizer, Economo's disease, economy, economy class, economy-class syndrome, economy of scale

How to use economizer in a sentence

If fuel is cheap and the engineer unskilled, a compound engine would be a poor economizer.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them|James H. Stephenson
It thus appears, like tobacco, to be in general an economizer of vital energy and an aid to effective nutrition.
Tobacco and Alcohol|John Fiske
The economizer and the stoker gear and worm were driven by a Brotherhood three cylinder hydraulic engine.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888.|Various
Nature, said Lester Ward, is a spendthrift, man an economizer.
Philosophy and The Social Problem|Will Durant

He was the plodder, the bookkeeper, the economizer, the man who had an eye for microscopic details.
The Age of Big Business|Burton J. Hendrick

British Dictionary definitions for economizer

economizer

economiser

/ (ɪˈkɒnəˌmaɪzə) /

noun

a device that uses the waste heat from a boiler flue to preheat the feed water

a person or thing that economizes

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